Many people weigh the guilt they will feel against the pleasure of the forbidden action they want to take.

Stubbornness is also determination. It's simply a matter of shifting from "won't power" to "will power.

—Peter McWilliams

In reality, serendipity accounts for one percent of the blessings we receive in life, work and love. The other 99 percent is due to our efforts.

—Peter McWilliams

Mistakes, obviously, show us what needs improving. Without mistakes, how would we know what we had to work on?

—Peter McWilliams

If our early lessons of acceptance were as successful as our early lessons of anger, how much happier we would all be.

—Peter McWilliams

Resentment is anger directed at others—at what they did or did not do.

—Peter McWilliams

Guilt is anger directed at ourselves—at what we did or did not do.

—Peter McWilliams

Peace visits not the guilty mind.
(Nemo Malus Felix)

—Juvenal

Guilt is a rope that wears thin.

—Ayn Rand

I wish I could say I felt guilty for what I did. I don't.

—Veronica Roth in Divergent

All religions are the same: religion is basically guilt, with different holidays.

—Cathy Ladman